2024 Stories in Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical engineering bridges science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) with medicine to solve real-world problems related to human health. Throughout the healthcare system, biomedical engineers play a key role, from developing implantable medical devices, such as pacemakers to shock the heart into beating, artificial joints to increase mobility and decrease pain as our healthy joints, and devices to deliver life saving medications to a patient, to more futuristic technologies such as lab grown organs and bionic limbs.

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  • Project Title: “Unveiling the Secrets: Exosome Adventures in Pancreatic Cancer Cells”
    • Name: Pavlina Adhami 
      • Hometown: Worcester, MA 
      • Home Institution: Worcester Polytechnic Institute 
      • Fun Fact About Me: I started reading classical literature when I was fourteen. 
  • Project Title:  “Identifying Risk of Stress Fracture in Female Runners”
    • Name:  Millie Adin 
      • Hometown:  Gainesville, Florida 
      • Home Institution:  University of Florida 
      • Fun Fact About Me: I ride horses for the UF equestrian team! 
  • Project Title: “Understanding How Blood Flow Affects the First Layer of Defense of Cells in Blood Vessels”
    • Name: Tina Kyriacou
      • Hometown: Columbus, Ohio 
      • Home Institution: University of Rochester
      • Fun Fact About Me: I have an identical twin sister! 
  • Project Title: “Devising New Methods to Safely Administer Medication to Pregnant Women” 
    • Name: Jon Balyeat 
      • Hometown: Farmington, Connecticut 
      • Home Institution: University of Connecticut (Storrs) 
      • Fun Fact About Me: I can play 6 different instruments and I compose music. 
  • Project Title: “Identifying Plant Leaves that Encourage the Regrowth of Vein Structures for Skin Regeneration”
    • Name: Andrea Bartus  
      • Hometown: Merrimack, NH  
      • Home Institution: University of New Hampshire  
      • Fun Fact About Me: I’m bilingual and my first language is Slovak. 
  • Project Title: “Making a System to Measure the Velocity of a Fluid in a Pipe” 
    • Name: Katie Boeckman 
      • Hometown: Hitchcock, Oklahoma 
      • Home Institution: Oklahoma State University 
      • Fun Fact About Me: When I was younger, I wanted to be the president because I wanted to see the White House. 
  • Project Title: “Redesigning a Respiratory Support Device for Infants” 
    • Name: Kathryn Gurski 
      • Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio 
      • Home Institution: Saint Louis University, Missouri 
      • Fun Fact About Me: One of my favorite things to do at school is sit by the pond and feed the koi fish cucumbers. 
    • Name: Divinegrace Nwanguma 
      • Hometown: Imo, Nigeria 
      • Home Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago 
      • Fun Fact About Me: Winter is my favorite season, and I love to figure skate during this time 
  • Project Title: “Material Innovation for a More Sustainable Future”
    • Name: Hiba Khan 
      • Hometown: Groton, MA 
      • Home Institution: Worcester Polytechnic Institute 
      • Fun Fact About Me: I love traveling to new places 
  • Project Title: Evaluating Prompt Engineering Techniques for Wound Image Classification Using ChatGPT
    • Name: Kobe Richards
      • Hometown: Stoneham, MA 02180
      • Home Institution: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
  • Project Title: “Growth of Bacteria Within Gels” 
    • Name: Erin McNeill 
      • Hometown: Corpus Christi, Texas 
      • Home Institution: University of Texas at San Antonio 
      • Fun Fact About Me: I play the piano 
  • Project Title: “Ultrasonic Muscle Mimicking: Human and Robot Interaction”
    • Name: Alexis Murphy  
      • Hometown: Waverly, Ohio   
      • Home Institution: University of Mount Union   
      • Fun Fact About Me: I love soccer and I am a horse owner/trainer. 
  • Project Title: “How a Certain Protein Affects Cancer Cell Migration and Morphology”
    • Name: Alberto Salgado 
      • Hometown: Alamo, TX 
      • Home Institution: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 
      • Fun Fact About Me: I have indigenous family in Peru that speaks a local language. 
  • Project Title: “Automated Tracking of Neurons and Their Activity in Living Organisms”
    • Name: Ananya Sundararajan 
      • Hometown: Irvine, CA 
      • Home Institution: Case Western Reserve University 
      • Fun Fact About Me: I love to sew!